Flying workshop: 'the battle scenes started to take on a magical, Matrix-like...
Assistant Director Nicole Charles on experimenting with flying effects for the production.We spent two days over at the Hangar Arts Trust, London’s home of Urban Circus, to begin experimenting with...
View ArticleThe Passion of Joan of Arc: New live scoreAdrian Utley...
The Passion of Joan of Arc: New live scoreAdrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) are collaborating on a new score for Carl Theodor Dreyers classic 1928 film The Passion Of Joan Of Arc....
View ArticleShakespeare’s Telling Tales: What you said
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946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips: Rehearsal photosKneehigh’s 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, adapted from the novel by Michael Morpurgo, opens at the Globe on Thursday 11...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Influence on Other Writers‘I am not witty in...
Shakespeare’s Influence on Other Writers‘I am not witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men’Falstaff, Henry IV Part 2, 1:2The theme of the 2016 World Shakespeare’s Congress is ‘Creating...
View ArticleOn Shakespeare Rediscovered in Saint-OmerExhibition Assistant...
On Shakespeare Rediscovered in Saint-OmerExhibition Assistant Anna Marks on our current special exhibition of the Shakespeare First Folio. Last year, a significant literary event cast a new light on...
View ArticleShylock is My Name: Howard Jacobson in Conversation with...
Shylock is My Name: Howard Jacobson in Conversation with Professor Adrian PooleThe third plenary session of the 2016 World Shakespeare Congress, saw Booker Prize-winning novelist, Howard Jacobson,...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Telling Tales: In photosOver 29 – 31 July, we...
Shakespeare’s Telling Tales: In photosOver 29 – 31 July, we hosted Shakespeare’s Telling Tales, a literary festival for families, here at the Globe. The festival featured a whole host of events, from...
View ArticleThe Inn at Lydda: Casting newsWe’re pleased to announce casting...
The Inn at Lydda: Casting newsWe’re pleased to announce casting for The Inn at Lydda by John Wolfson, directed by Andy Jordan.The Inn at Lydda was first produced as part of the Globe’s reading series...
View ArticleMusic in Shakespeare’s TheatreThe fourth plenary session of the...
Music in Shakespeare’s TheatreThe fourth plenary session of the 2016 World Shakespeare Congress saw Claire Van Kampen (founding Director of Music at the Globe) and Bill Barclay (current Director of...
View ArticleThe Complete Walk: Now on Globe PlayerGood news! To coincide...
The Complete Walk: Now on Globe PlayerGood news! To coincide with the Shakespeare Lives festival for this special 400th anniversary year, we’re excited to announce that all 37 short films from The...
View ArticleGlobal ShakespeareThe final plenary of the 2016 World...
Global ShakespeareThe final plenary of the 2016 World Shakespeare Congress took on the form of a panel of international Shakespeare directors, led by our Executive Producer, Tom Bird, and discussed the...
View ArticleMaking 946: The Story of Adolphus TipsStep inside the rehearsal...
Making 946: The Story of Adolphus TipsStep inside the rehearsal room of 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, Emma Rice’s triumphant Kneehigh show for families, which opens at the Globe this week....
View ArticleThe Inn at Lydda in rehearsals: Week oneAssistant Director...
The Inn at Lydda in rehearsals: Week oneAssistant Director Isabel Marr shares an insight into the rehearsal process for The Inn at Lydda.The first table read at the start of rehearsals for any play is...
View Article946: What audiences have been saying
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips will play in the Globe Theatre until Sunday 11 September. Book tickets.[View the story “946: Audience reactions” on Storify]
View ArticleOn tour with The Merchant of Venice Actor John Hastings is...
On tour with The Merchant of VeniceActor John Hastings is currently touring in Washington DC with The Merchant of Venice company. Washington DC: Marry, well remembered… Another coffee shop, another...
View ArticleWonder Warm UpsExciting news! We’re offering you the very...
Wonder Warm UpsExciting news! We’re offering you the very special opportunity to join our Wonder Season company members for a free 40-minute physical and vocal warm-up in the Yard, ahead of rehearsals....
View ArticleThe tragedy of Exercise TigerJohn Casson, Chairman of Exercise...
The tragedy of Exercise TigerJohn Casson, Chairman of Exercise Tiger Remembered, discusses the history that inspired 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. Slapton Sands in South Devon, with its...
View ArticleThe perfect Shakespeare-inspired cocktails for summer
The perfect Shakespeare-inspired cocktails for summer: Just the thing for National Rum Day… some Bardic beverage inspiration, including “Juliet’s Emoji-to” and “Caliban’s Wrong Island Iced Tea” from...
View Article946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips: In photosKneehigh’s...
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips: In photosKneehigh’s 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, adapted from Michael Morpurgo’s novel and directed by Emma Rice, is now running in the Globe until...
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